

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
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Oct 31, 2019 • 22min
Cloning & Duplication: Me, Myself, and I
Cloning people is a staple of science fiction, and now something science can do, but what are the future social and legal consequences of cloning, and can we learn to make fully grown clones or even duplicate our memories?
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Credits:
Me, Myself, and I: Cloning & Duplication
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
David Schultz
Jerry Guern
Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music by:
Marcus Newton-Howes
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Oct 31, 2019 • 36min
The Fermi Paradox: Rare Technology
The Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, has many proposed solutions focusing on what might lower the odds of intelligent species arising on another world, or what might end technological civilizations or cause them to go unseen by us and our SETI efforts. But what if intelligence rarely leads to technological civilizations in the first place? Could there be countless planets in our galaxy occupied by species who never came to value technology?
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The Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Rare Technology
Episode 210, Season 5 E44
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
AJ Prasad, "Aether" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
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Oct 31, 2019 • 35min
The Fermi Paradox: Rare Technology (Narration Only)
The Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, has many proposed solutions focusing on what might lower the odds of intelligent species arising on another world, or what might end technological civilizations or cause them to go unseen by us and our SETI efforts. But what if intelligence rarely leads to technological civilizations in the first place? Could there be countless planets in our galaxy occupied by species who never came to value technology?
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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Rare Technology
Episode 210, Season 5 E44
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
AJ Prasad, "Aether" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
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Oct 27, 2019 • 60min
SFIA Monthly Livestream 13 - October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019 livestream Q&A
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Oct 24, 2019 • 30min
Mind-Machine Interfaces
The ability to link mind and machine has long been the realm of science fiction, but now improvements in our understanding may allow us to network brain to computer in the near future. Companies like Neurolink have begun to explore how to link our neurons to machine, and we'll explore now such neural interfaces might function and how they might change our lives.
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Neurolink Paper, "An integrated brain-machine interface platform with thousands of channels": https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/703801v1
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Credits:
Mind-Machine Interfaces
Episode 209, Season 5 E43
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Oct 24, 2019 • 30min
Mind-Machine Interfaces (Narration Only)
The ability to link mind and machine has long been the realm of science fiction, but now improvements in our understanding may allow us to network brain to computer in the near future. Companies like Neurolink have begun to explore how to link our neurons to machine, and we'll explore now such neural interfaces might function and how they might change our lives.
Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/OCLLzI4R3bc
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Neurolink Paper, "An integrated brain-machine interface platform with thousands of channels": https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/703801v1
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Credits:
Mind-Machine Interfaces
Episode 209, Season 5 E43
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Oct 20, 2019 • 16min
The Butterfly Effect (Narration Only)
The Butterfly Effect is the principle that notes that even the smallest actions can have sweeping effects on everything in the long term. Today we'll look at that effect and ask what it means toward chaos, inevitable events, fate, and free will itself.
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The Butterfly Effect
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Victoria Kelly
Graphics:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "The Fate of Our People" & "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 9" & "The Oceans Continue to Rise" http://chriszabriskie.com
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Oct 20, 2019 • 16min
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is the principle that notes that even the smallest actions can have sweeping effects on everything in the long term. Today we'll look at that effect and ask what it means toward chaos, inevitable events, fate, and free will itself.
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The Butterfly Effect
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Victoria Kelly
Graphics:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "The Fate of Our People" & "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 9" & "The Oceans Continue to Rise" http://chriszabriskie.com
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Oct 17, 2019 • 26min
High Tech Search And Rescue
When people get lost, stranded, or stuck in dangerous situations, we go and rescue them. Today we'll look at what new dangers may face us in the future and what new tools technology might offer us to improve survival chances.
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High Tech Search & Rescue
Episode 208, Season 5 E42
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Victoria Kelly
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Mihail Yordanov
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Space Resources CGI
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music:
Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Oct 17, 2019 • 25min
High Tech Search And Rescue (Narration Only)
When people get lost, stranded, or stuck in dangerous situations, we go and rescue them. Today we'll look at what new dangers may face us in the future and what new tools technology might offer us to improve survival chances.
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Credits:
High Tech Search & Rescue
Episode 208, Season 5 E42
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Victoria Kelly
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Mihail Yordanov
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Space Resources CGI
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Music:
Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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